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Definition of Dome
1. Noun. A concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward.
2. Noun. Informal terms for a human head.
Generic synonyms: Human Head
Derivative terms: Bean
3. Noun. A stadium that has a roof.
Generic synonyms: Arena, Bowl, Sports Stadium, Stadium
4. Noun. A hemispherical roof.
Generic synonyms: Roof
Definition of Dome
1. n. A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry.
2. n. Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision.
Definition of Dome
1. Noun. A common structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere, a cupola. ¹
2. Noun. Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover, e.g. a cake '''dome'''. ¹
3. Noun. (slang) head (including the meaning 'oral sex') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dome
1. to cover with a dome (a rounded roof) [v DOMED, DOMING, DOMES]
Medical Definition of Dome
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1. A building; a house; an edifice; used chiefly in poetry. "Approach the dome, the social banquet share." (Pope)
2. A cupola formed on a large scale.
"The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola."
3. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dome
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